phpMyAdmin login page cross-site scripting
| phpmyadmin-loginpage-xss (38601) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the login page. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the convcharset parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (2.11.2.2 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.
References:
- Nth Dimension Security Advisory (NDSA20071119): The phpMyAdmin login page is vulnerable to Javascript injection within the.
- phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2007-8: XSS vulnerability.
- phpMyAdmin Web site: phpMyAdmin.
- BID-26513: phpMyAdmin Login Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6100: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.2.2, when logins are authenticated with the cookie auth_type, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the convcharset parameter to index.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0992.
- MDKSA-2007:229: Updated phpMyAdmin packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA27748: phpMyAdmin "convcharset" Cross-Site Scripting
- SUSE-SR:2008:006: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3943: phpMyAdmin convcharset Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin prior to 2.11.2.2
Reported:
Nov 20, 2007
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